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OF 'VILLA GROVE, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

l Specification of Lettersl'Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed May', 1906. Serial No. 315,806'.

j To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK JOSEPH SCHWARTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Villa Grove, in the county of Douglas and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

@This invention relates to improvements in automatic weather-strips for attachment to doors, more particularly outside doors, and associated with the sills or thresholds, and has for its object to provide a simpl -constructed' device of this character whic may be readily applied to any size or form of door and operates eiectually to exclude cold, rain,

or snow.

lWith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the inven-v tion is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation, partly in section, of a portion of a door and its frame and threshold with the improved device applied. F ig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line 3 3 of Fig.v 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the gap-closing keys detached. The door to which the device is applied is indicated at 10, the j amb at 11, and the threshold at 12, of the usual construction. Formed in the bottom edge of the door is a channel 13, and movable in this channel is a weather-strip 14, preferably of metal. Embedded inthe lower portion of the door and transversely of the channel 13 are two or more tubular members 15, having transverse recesses (indicated at 16) and correspondin to and in alinement with the channel 13, an

thus bearing over the weather-strip 14. The weather-strip thus extends through the tubular' members yand is movable vertically within the recesses therein. The weatherstrip extends for a short distance below the lower line of the door 10 and is provided with transverse pins 18, projecting through slots 17in the tubular members. By this simple means the weather-strip 14 is free to move vertically within the range of the slots, but is limited in its movement b the pins 18.

are springs 19, bearin at one end upon'the strip 14 and supporte in position by a plug 20, inserted into the upper end oi' the tubular members. The tubular members are further secured by transverse screws or other suitable means, (re resented at 21.) By this means the weat er-strip is yieldably supported in its downward position.

Attached to the threshold 12 is a metal late 22, preferablyvcurved on its upper surace and with a yieldable stri 23, preferably of rubber, beneath one e ge and projecting at the outer edge. A packing-strip 25, of rubber or the like, is embedded in the lower face of the door and bears against the strip 14 to prevent the entrance of rain or snow into the channel 13. By this arrangement when the door is closed the weatherstrip 14 engages the metal plate 22 and rides over it, the plate yielding and becoming seated when the door is in closed position againstthe projecting portion of the yield- .able member 23, as shown in Fig. 2, and efectually excluding all cold air and moisture from the different sources.

The springs 19 will be of sufficient strength to maintain the weather-strip in closed position, but will yield to the force required to open the door. Cover-plates 28 are attached to the door to form closures to the ends of the channel 13. Small wedge-shaped plates 26 27 are forced into the strip 12 and the jambs at each sideto close the small ga s which would otherwise occur between t e ends ofthe weather-strip and the jambs.

is claime as new is- 1. Ina device of the lclass described, the combination with a structure including a door and its frame and a threshold, said door having a channel in its lower end, of a plate ment between said threshold and late, a weather-strip movably disposed wit 'n said channel 'and bearing upon said yielding element, and means for yieldably supporting said strip in position.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a structure including a door and its frame and a threshold, said door having a channel in its lower end, of a plate Havin thus described the invention, whatl Disposed within the tu ular members 15 attached to said threshold, a yieldable ele- Io'o attached to said threshold, a yieldable ele- 11o means for yieldably supporting said stri y in position and a iiexible backing-strip attac led to the door and bearing laterallT against said 15 weather-strip.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed in v signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK JOSEPH SCHWARTZ.

Witnesses:

S. C. HENsoN, CHARLES I-IEUER. 

